Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging is a 1943 book on arranging by Glenn Miller published by the Mutual Music Society in the U.S. and Chappell & Co., Ltd., in the UK.
1943 first edition, Mutual Music Society, New York.
The book was published in New York by the Mutual Music Society on May 28, 1943, consisting of 116 pages.[1] The book was wrapped in dark red cloth with two stapled, folded multiple page scores, with the title in a gold color.[2] The two songs featured were "The Song of the Volga Boatmen" in six pages and "I'm Thrilled" in five pages, which had been released as 78 singles by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra on RCA Victor. Glenn Miller described the process of making orchestral arrangements with many examples from his own orchestra. There were chapters on "Making a smooth arrangement", "Making a rhythmic arrangement", and "Orchestral effects".
The book was also published in a similar UK edition in 1943 by Chappell & Co., Ltd., 50 New Bond Street, in London, W.I, printed by Lowe and Brydone.
The book was influential on later jazz arrangers. Grammy Award winning arranger Bob Freedman used the book to develop his own arranging techniques.[3]
^"I had been playing piano and clarinet with the school band, and when I was 13 I bought a book called Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging. There were instructions for writing along with two or three scores of songs Miller had recorded. So I’d read the scores and listen to the records. That's how I learned the fundamentals of arranging." "Bob Freedman on Maynard Ferguson". January 15, 2010. Jazzwax.com.
Sourcesedit
Flower, John (1972). Moonlight Serenade: a bio-discography of the Glenn Miller Civilian Band. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House. ISBN0-87000-161-2.
Miller, Glenn (1943). Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging. New York: Mutual Music Society. ASIN: B0007DMEDQ
Simon, George Thomas (1980). Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. New York: Da Capo paperback. ISBN0-306-80129-9.
Simon, George Thomas (1971). Simon Says. New York: Galahad. ISBN0-88365-001-0.
Schuller, Gunther (1991). The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930–1945, Vol. 2. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-507140-9.
Sudhalter, Richard (1999). Lost Chords. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-514838-X
External linksedit
Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging, Google Books.
Biographies: Glenn Miller on PBS.org.
Catalog of Copyright Entries, U.S. Library of Congress, 1943.
April 13, 2024
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